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Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24. pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...

Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking

Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.

pressprogress.ca

pay attention to the framing of what constitutes "political violence" and what's just considered "normal" violence, or isn't considered violent at all

One lawyer reviews an online application... That's all it takes to apprehend and hold someone for 72 hours??? Dangerous and unjust. People will absolutely end up in the emergency department in complex withdrawal.

Assessment determination: An independent commission member (lawyer) reviews the application and determines if an individual meets the criteria for an up to 72-hour assessment period. If criteria are met, the lawyer commission member issues an apprehension order and an assessment order. If not, the application is dismissed and the applicant will be provided with information on alternate care options. 
Apprehension and conveyance: Police locate and transport the patient to a compassionate intervention centre for assessment. Police can transfer patient care to peace officers for conveyance. 
Assessment and detox: Patients are under the care of a treatment team. They receive medical withdrawal support and/or initial stabilization, as well as screening, physical examinations, and other assessments to determine the risk factors associated with their substance use and addiction and their overall health and wellness.

completely missed that the largest darknet market went down last week i know lots of folks who use darknet markets to obtain a non-fentanyl opioid supply - this will definitely have impacts on people's safety, especially given the continual ratcheting of safer opioids in canada #drugsky

Police seizes Archetyp Market drug marketplace, arrests admin

Law enforcement authorities from six countries took down the Archetyp Market, an infamous darknet drug marketplace that has been operating since May 2020.

bleepingcomputer.com

This week, millions across the US are under a sweltering heat dome. Heat waves are especially deadly for incarcerated people, as prisons are not equipped to handle these environmental emergencies – which will only get worse because of climate change.

Graph showing that between 2001 and 2019, after a three-day heatwave, all causes of death in state prisons increased by 7.4%, suicide increased by 15% and heart disease-related by 7.6%

Pride month is a corporate marketing scam, now we are subjected to endless vapidity to buy buy buy into a community that is a sham. Of course, we can create communal possibility, but it will never be behind the sweatshop-produced rainbow flag or target-marketed Pride parades. Let's get creative.

I do not care if Canada post is ever profitable. It is a public service, everyone owns it. That’s valuable in and of itself. We don’t ask the emergency room or public schools to turn a profit. We ask them to be accessible for everyone to use.